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A man who barricaded himself and three of his children in a West Side apartment when officers
tried to arrest him on a warrant two years ago was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison.

Antoine D. Ross, 34, of Brent Boulevard on the West Side, pleaded guilty in April to one count
of illegally possessing a firearm. Three counts of kidnapping, one count of drug possession and two
additional weapons charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Members of a police Community Response Team were patrolling the Wedgewood Village Apartments on
Jan. 23, 2011, when they stopped at one of the apartments to serve a warrant on Ross for failing to
appear in court on a misdemeanor drug charge. Police said Ross answered the door and then shut it,
triggering a standoff with SWAT officers that lasted nearly three hours.

Two shotguns and a rifle were discovered in an apartment closet after Ross surrendered. He was
not permitted to have a gun because of a 2008 felony drug conviction.

Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Daniel T. Hogan expressed concern that the guns were found in
the same closet as some of the children’s toys. Ross told the judge he knew the guns were there,
saying, “Some friends brought them over.”

The judge said Ross had a lengthy criminal history, including robbing a woman at the Westland
Cinema at age 17 and a domestic-violence charge for punching a woman in 2006.